Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Finger

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Date: 12/21/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
STRUCK FINGER ACC C A HAMMER " CONTS/ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION/CRUSH INJURY TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER STRIKIN G WITH A SMALL SLEDGE HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT LT THUMB WITH A HAMMER DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER SUSTAINING FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER; FRACTURE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
RT MIDDLE FINGER CONTUSION.PT HIT FINGER WHILE USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
77 YOM, WAS CUTTING SOME WOOD WHEN HE SMASHED HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT AT HOME HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER SMASHED FINGER / DX CRUSHING INJURY L 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
FINGER CT-HIT FINGER W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FINGER LAC-CUT ON A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER 1 WEEK PRIOR CELLULITIS OF THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB W/ A HAMMER LEFT THUMB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED FINGER WITH A HAMMER. DX: LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
CONTUSION LT.3RD.DIGIT.PT.REFERS WHILE USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
INJURY WITH SLEDGE HAMMER , RIGHT DISTAL PHALANX FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PATIENT C/O LT INDEX FINGER TIP CRUSH INJURY AFTER SHE WAS STRUCK WITH A HAMMER. DX - CRUSH INJURY & NAIL BED LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT INJURED FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: FRACTURE DISTAL PHALANYX OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT HAND WITH A HAMMER/ LAC LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER THUMB PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER. DX-2ND FINDER L FRACTURE, OPEN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER CONTUSION: HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DRIVING NAIL WITH HAMMER AND MISSED AND HIT FINGER HEMATOMA FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT MIDDLE FINGERS SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMAS: HIT FINGERS WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATED FINGER WITH A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT THUMB SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA.: HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
59 YO HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes
STRUCK R THUMB WITH HAMMER WHILE TRYING TO HIT A CHISEL, CAUSING A CONT USION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT USING A 2 POUND SLEDGE HAMMER IN HIS YARD AT HOME AND STRUCK LEFT IN DEX FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
WHILE USING A HAMMER MASHED THUMB DX HEMATOMA/THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT HIT THUMB W/HAMMER. DX: L THUMB FX, NAIL PLATE AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER ON A HAMMER DISCOLORATION AND SWELLING LEFT 2ND FINGER INJURY NAIL PLATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT CURSHED FINGER WITH HAMMER; CRUSH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK SELF IN RIGHT THUMB WITH A HAMMER AT HOME DX: SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA TO RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT RT INDEX FINGER WITH A 10 LB SLEDGE HAMMER RT INDEX FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT AT UNSTATED LOCALE HIT L INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX 4TH DIGIT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A HAMMER CAUSING A CRUSHING INJURY TO HIS LT THUMB .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
SMASHED THUMB W/SLEDGEHAMMER DX: THUMB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER LACERATION/CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
AT HOME A 3# SLEDGEHAMMER STRUCK HIM ON FINGER FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
FINGER SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA-HIT FINGER W/A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
STRUCK FINGER WITH HAMMER AT HOME CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE CRUSHED HIS LT THUMB WITH A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hammers
PT WITH WRIST PAIN X 2-3 MONTHS. NO SPECIFIC TRAUMA. ALSO THUMB PAINFUL AFTER WORKING WITH HAMMER. D: THUMB DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
55YOM PUTTING STEAK IN GROUND W/ SLEDGE HAMMER INJ FINGER DX LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
DX LACERATION LEFT THUMB: HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER DX L 3RD FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT THUMB WITH A HAMMER YESTERDAY. DX-THUMB PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Awls, chisels or planes
HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER WHILE HOLDING CHISEL DX L THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
76 YOM STRUCK HIMSELF WITH A HAMMER 2 WEEKS AGO, CONTINUES TO HAVE SWEL LING AND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
HIT L. INDEX FINGER W/ HAMMER. DX. HEMOTOMA . L. INDEX FINGER.#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT REPORTS DIRECT BLOW TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AT HOME WITH SPLITTING MAUL - ALSO CONTUSION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-WAS HAMMERING A NAIL AND NAIL WENT INT O FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
FINGER LAC-HIT W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK FINGER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER DX: L INDEX FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT. HIT L. INDEX FINGER W/ HAMMER . DX. CONTUSION L. INDEX FINGER.#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT THUMB CONTUSION: HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER AT HOME FX LT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
72 Y/O M INJURED R INDEX FINGER WHILE USING MAUL AT HOME. DX; LAC R INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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